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Full details Send us this: Nonfiction Criticism Commentary Comics Photo-essays Art Mixed media Don’t send us fiction or previously published pieces. Want to pitch something ? Go ahead, make our day. Click here to get in touch. Include this: A cover letter telling us what you’re submitting and why we’d like it A short bio (max. 100 words) Any website or social media links for your contributor page Get paid: All contributors will receive AUD$150. When you get paid you acknowledge that you’re granting  us : Digital and archiving rights (exclusive) Reproduction rights (exclusive)

Briarpatch Magazine publishes writing and artwork on a wide range of topics, including current events, grassroots activism, electoral politics, economic justice, ecology, labour, food security, gender equity, indigenous struggles, international solidarity, and other issues of political importance. We welcome pitches from unpublished writers, seasoned freelancers, front-line activists, and anyone else with a story to tell and a desire to tell it compellingly. We ask that you research your topic thoroughly, back up your expressed opinions with verifiable facts and persuasive arguments, interview a range of relevant sources as the topic requires, and hold on to relevant documentation for fact-checking purposes. Briarpatch seeks to explore complex issues in everyday language — please write for a progressive, non-specialist audience that may not necessarily share your assumptions or opinions. Include a short (one- or two-sentence) biography at the end of your article. We’v...

Now Seeking: Pitches for Essays, Photo Essays, Interviews, and Book Reviews We are currently taking pitches for the following categories of writing to publish online here at wildlotpress.com. Fuller descriptions of these categories, as well as the pay scale, follow. Essays—illustrated or not Photo essays Book reviews Interviews We prefer pitches over completed pieces (although we will consider completed work). Pitches can (and probably should) be brief. However, they must include specific details called for in the category breakdowns below. Bios, too. We are not a magazine or literary journal; we publish one piece at a time and there is no schedule. The upshot is, we’re looking for really special pieces of high quality (which is also reflected in the pay scale). Work published here may be subsequently published in print. We are open to publishing previously published work, as long as you can demonstrate you hold the rights and it is not available by click. ...